Water-closet.



A.*J. PODMORE.

WATER CLOSET.

uruonmn rum) APR. a. 1908.

1,056,361 Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

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ARTHUR PODMORE,'OF CAMDElN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR- OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS MUNROE DOIBBINS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WATER-CLOSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Applicationfiled April 3, 1908. Serial No. 424,942.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. Pooitoan, a citizen of the United States,'and a resident of Camden, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Water-Closet, of which the following is a specification.

-My invention relates to improvements in water closets.

My object is to provide an improved pan closet, especially adapted for hospital and sick room use.

My invention may also include the advantages of a pan closet, in combination with those of a siphon.

My invention. also comprises improvements in details.

It is well known that the ordinary pan closet has distinct advantages in hospital and sick room use in order that the condi tion of the patient can be ascertained. The usefulness of the ordinary pan closet is often impaired by the lack of means for separating the urine from the stool, and the principal object of my invention is to provide such means. It is also well known that the ordinary pan closet, which has in combination with the receiving pan a simple 8- trap, is unhygenic as compared with the better types of siphon closet, because the ordinary S-trap is shallow and is noteflicacious for preventing the escape of gases therethrough. It is also well known that the suction action of a siphon closet carries away olfensive odors. The disadvantage however of the ordinary siphon closet, for hospital practice, is that it is impossible to make the necessary observations with respect to the condition of the patient. By combining therefore the advantages of the two types ofclosct with the separating means above referred to I have produced a new and useful device for such special service.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of my improved closet made of earthen ware, vitreous china, or similar suitable material. F ig. 2 'is a plan view of same and Fig. 3 is a section on 3, 3 of Fig. 1.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

4 indicates the inlet from the supply tank, 5 the channel leading downwardly and dis charging into the pan 6.

7 is the rim channel whichis supplied from inlet 4 and discharges through a series of apertures 8 within the bowl.

The downwardly extending channel 9 leads from the discharge side of the pan (5 to the upwardly inclined channel 10 which discharges into the upper part ofsiphon chamber 11. It will be noted that the projecting end 12 of the lower wall of channel 10 nearly overhangs the lower portion of the curved wall 13 so that, as the water flows over the end of 12, it strikes the said curved wall and is projected thereby across the opening 14 to close said opening and form an eflicient suction therein as the water is carried to the outlet 15 which connects with the soil pipe. It will also be noted that the proportions and positions of channels 9 and 10 secure an etficient trap of approximately three inches of water.

Transversely to the. longitudinal extension of the closet structure I provide the extension 16. The extension 16 is preferably hollow and communicates with the rim channel 7, and is provided with vents 17 From this transverse extension 16, extends the curved inclined apron or partition 18. This partition 18 extends entirely across the width of the bowl and serves to divert the urine from the pan, as and for the purpose above described. The upper side of partition 18 is flushed or washed by the water passing through the vents 17. It will thus be noted that the lower extension of apron 18 projects slightly below the horizontal plane of the extreme end 12 of the lower wall of channel 10 and, consequently, below the normal water level in the well or reservoir 19 at the bottom of the bowl, and that the apron is so disposed relatively to front wall 20 of the bowl as to provide a channel for the urine to the well 19. It will thus be clear that upon the flushing of the closet the entire deposit therein will be carried away through channel 10 and waste outlet 15.

lVhat I .claim is 1. In a flushing water closet for analytical purposes, the combination, in -an integral body of earthenware or similar substance, of a shallow pan, a siphoning water trapped discharge therefor, a partition for diverting the urinefrom the pan and loading it to said discharge, a flushing channel con-' nected with the flushing rim, and means connected with the said flushing channel lbs hnsion, u ii (1 with fihe warmed. from 20 m1 extending of the pan :lnc so p0s1- the pan.

5, In an. zeartlianware Water 610362 having" a W911 at the'hofco of: the hum-'1 adapted to contain q Water and an OPQH' ing for 001m 4. m waste, the combination 0f 21 pan, :1 parl on above the frontc-f pm] interceping film mime said pariitiml el'dzsnding into the W81] to belaw the water line therein and being so dispcsed relatively to the from; w 11 of the bowl as $0 form therewith a narrow channel leading to the Well, and. means for simultaneously flushing both the pan and the partition, whereby the contenfs of the pan and of the Well are simultaneously discharged through the Waste opening.

J. PODMQRE.

Witnesses HOFFMANN, HOWARD S. ()KIE. 

